Blanket-holding attachment for vehicles.



PATENTED SEPT. 22,1903.

J. BURTON.

I BLANKET HOLDING: ATTACHMENT FOR VEHICLES.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 27, 1903.

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.lllliflllfllb UNITED STATES;

Patented September 22, 1903.

P T T O FICE.

BLANKET-HOLDING ATTACHMENTFOR-VEHICLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Pa e No; teases, dated SeptemberApplication filedJune27,1903. Serial No. 163,971. (NomodeL) To a, whomit may concern: I

Be it known that I, JARED BURTON, a citizen of the United States,residingat Wheaton, inthe county of Traverse and State ofMinnesota, haveinvented a new and useful Blanket- Holding Attachment for Vehicles,'ofwhich 'tion as to cause the rain and sleet to be deflected and'drainover the sides of the vehicle,

thereby completely protecting the occupants.

A further object. is to provide a holder adapted to be clamped .to thebed of the vehicle' and capable of being'adjusted to and from thedashboard and raised or lowered to suit the occupants of the vehicle andwhich 1 may be readily converted into a holder for securing the du strobe or boot in position on the carriage. V f l c The invention consistsin the construction and novel combination and arrangement of partshereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings,and pointed out in the claims hereto appended,- it being understood thatvarious changes in the form,

proportion, and minor details of construction may be resorted to withoutdeparting from the spirit or sacrificing any of the'advantages of theinvention.

. In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a perspective viewof aportion of a buggy, showing my improved robe or blanket holder appliedthereto; Figi fz is a transverse sectional view showlng the blanket orrope in position on the carriage: Fig." 3 is a similar view showingthed'evice ad usted and used for holding the dust robe or boot inposition.

Fig. 4 is a detail longitudinal sectional view,

the clamping members. I

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all thefigures of the drawmgs.

1 designates a portion of a vehicle-a buggy in the present instance-tothe opposite sides of the bed of which are attached in any suitablem-anner supporting-brackets 2. Secured to the angular arms 3 of thesupporting-brackets is a slotted bar 4:,through which passes a bolt 5, awing-nut 6 engaging the threaded end thereof and by ineansof which thebar may be adjusted and clamped at any desired angle with relation tothe bracket. The abutting'faces of the bar and bracketfare roughened orserrated, as shown, to form grippingsurfaces. The ends of the slottedbars 4 are provided with circular heads 7, pivotally sup. ported betweenthe forked ends 8 of supporting-arms 9, the opposite ends of said armsbeing slotted, as shown at 10, and fitting in recesses or sockets 11,formed in the side face of a clamping member 12. The arms 9 and recesses11 are provided with serrated faces cured in the recesses or sockets bymeans of a'bolt 14, which passes through one of a series of openings 15in the clamping member 12' and also through theslot 10 in said'arms, and

fit vehicles of different widths. The clamping member 12 is formed intwo sections pivoted together, as shown at 16, the end of the pivot-pin17 being threaded and-adapted to receive a" clamping-nut 1S. The uppersurface of the two sections comprising the clampin g member 12 isprovided with longitudinally-disposed ribs or corrugations 19, andsecured to said sections are correspondingly ribbed orcorrugatedclamping-plates 20, the apron or blanketfll being introducedbetween the plates 19 and clamping member 12 and secured in position bymeans of screws 22, passin g throughsaid plates and clamp in g member.

and Fig. 5 is a transvers'esectional view of 50 13, as shown, said armsbeing adjustablyse- 7 5 by means of which the arms are adjusted to 8'0 I'When it is desired to attach the holder to a buggy or other vehicle,the brackets 2 are secured to the bed of the vehicle slightly in rear ofthe foot-rail, as clearly shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, after whichthe arms 5) may be adjusted to the width of the bed by loosening thebolts 11 and sliding said arms forward or backward, as the case may be.The apron or blanket is then inserted between the plates 20 and themember 12 and clamped in position by tightening the screws 22, and thetwo sections comprising the clamping memberswung upwardly on the bars 4by loosening the clamping-nut 18, forming in effect a watershed andpermitting the rain and sleet to drain from the blanket 21 over thesides of the vehicle, as clearly shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. Thesupporting member may be raised or lowered or adjusted to or from thedashboard by loosening the nuts 6 and adjusting the bars -i at thedesired angle with relation to the bracket.

. lVhen it is desired to use the holder for supporting a dust robe orboot, the supporting arms 9 and clamping member 12 are swung downwardlyuntil they assume a horizontal position, as illustrated in Fig. 4 of thedrawings, after which the boot may be secured in position in the mannerbefore described.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that I have provided anexceedingly simple, inexpensive, and effective holder by means of whicha storm blanket, robe, or apron may be securely retained in such aposition on a vehicle as to cause the rain and sleet to be deflected andwhich, by reason of its peculiar construction, may be readily raised orlowered and adjusted at any angle or inclination to suit the occupant-s.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is- 1. An apron-holderfor vehicles comprising, a pair of vertically-adjustable clamping meibers extending transversely across the vehicle and means for supportingsaid members.

2. An apron-holderfor vehicles comprising, a pair ofvertically-adjustable pivoted clamping members extending transverselyacross the vehicle and means for supporting said members.

3. An apron-holder comprising, a pair of vertically-adjustable pivotedclamping members extending transversely across the vel1icle, armsadjustably secured to said members, and means for supporting said arms.

4. An apron-holder comprising, a pair of vertically-adjustable clampingmembers, arms adj ustably secured to said members, means for supportingsaid arms and a pivotal connection between the arms and the supportingmeans.

5. An apron-holder comprising, a pair of vertically-adjustable pivotedclamping members, arms ad ustably secured to said members, means forsupporting the arms, and a bar ad 3' ustably secured to the supportingmeans and pivotally secured to the arms.

(5. An apron-hold er for vehicles comprising, a pair of clampingmembers, arms adj ustably secured thereto, a pair of brackets, and apivotal connection between the arms and the brackets.

'7. An apron-holder for vehicles comprising, a pairof clamping members,arms adjustably secured thereto, a pair of brackets, and a bar pivotallyconnected to the arms and adjustably secured to the brackets.

8. An apron-holder for vehicles comprising, a pair of pivoted clampingmembers, arms adjustably secured thereto, a pair of brackets,

.and a pivotal connection between the arms and the brackets.

9. An apron-holder for vehicles comprising, a pair of pivoted clampingmembers, arms adjustably secured thereto, a pair of brackets, and a barpivotally'connected to the arms and adjustably secured to the brackets.

10. An apron-holder for vehicles comprising, a pair of pivoted clampingmembers, recesses or sockets formed therein, arms adjustably mounted insaid recesses or sockets, a pair of brackets, and a pivotal connectionbetween the arms and the brackets.

11. A11 apron-holder for vehicles comprising, apair of pivoted clampingmembers, auxiliary clamping-plates carried by said members, armsadjnstably secured to the clamping members, a pair of brackets, and apivotal connection between the arms and the brackets.

12. An aproirholder for vehicles comprising, a pair of pivoted clampingmembers, auxiliary clamping-plates carried by said members, armsadjustably secured to the clamp ing members, a pair of brackets, and abar pivotally connected to the arms and adj ustably secured to thebrackets.

13. An apron-holder comprising, a pair of vertically-adj ustable pivotedclamping members, auxiliary clamping-plates carried thereby, theadjacent faces of the clamping members and auxiliary clamping-platesbeing roughened or corrugated, means for supporting the clampingmembers, and a pivotal connection between the supporting means and saidclamping members.

14. An apron-holder comprising, a pair of vertically-adjustable clampingmembers, a hinged connection between said members, a threaded pinpassing through the adjacent ends of the hinged members, a nut engagingthe threaded end of said pin, arms adjustably secured to the clampingmembers, a pair of supporting-brackets, and a slotted bar adjustablysecured to the brackets and pivotally secured to the arms.

15. An apron-holder comprising, a pair of vertically-adjustable clampingmembers, recesses or sockets formed therein, a hinged IIO connectionbetween said members, a pair of slotted arms fitting withinthe recessesor sockets and adjustably secured therein, auxiliary clamping-platescarried. by the clamping members, a pair of brackets and a slotted baradjustably secured to the brackets and pivotally connectedto the arms.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

JARED BURTON. Witnesses:

W. V. KANE, F. F. THILL.

